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Redoute's Choice sired his 169th stakes winner on Saturday when his 3-year-old son Chains Of Honour won the Grand Prix Stakes.

169th stakes winner for Redoute's Choice. The late Arrowfield Stud-based champion sire Redoute's Choice sired his 169th stakes winner on Saturday when his 3-year-old son Chains Of Honour won the Grand Prix Stakes (Group 3) at Eagle Farm.

The Sun Bloodstock-owned gelding scored by 3 and a half lengths over Mark Newnham's Mission Phoenix for trainer Gerald Ryan. 

"He will go home to the water walker and then we can see how he looks. The Australian Derby certainly isn't off the table," Ryan said.

Ryan admits however that he wasn't always confident Chains Of Honour would live up to anywhere near his breeding.

"When he won his maiden at Gosford I told his owners they might have their first hurdles winner and then when he won first-up I said he might be a Jericho Cup (a 4600 metre race) horse," Ryan said.

"But all jokes aside. He is a dead-set stayer and I think he will get 3200 metres at least."

Chains Of Honour is out of the Group 1 winning mare Faint Perfume, a daughter of Shamardal who was trained by Bart Cummings for Dato Tan Chin Nam. She has a yearling filly from the penultimate crop of Redoute's Choice and has a filly foal by Thronum, a son of Redoute's Choice in Snitzel.

Faint Perfume is out of Danehill mare Danendri who won the Australian Oaks (Group 1) and Australia Stakes (Group 1) and also produced stakes winners Zingam and Banc De Fortune. 

Sun Stud bought Faint Perfume for $700,000 at the 2016 Inglis Australian Broodmare Sale in foal to Redoute's Choice. 

Redoute's Choice has 9 lots catalogued for next month's Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale.